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Police are on the lookout for a man who allegedly stole cash from a pastor's purse at the Woodbury Union Church at 58 Beach Ave. in Warwick.
According to Warwick Police Captain Sean Collins, during Sunday's morning service, a light-skinned black male in his 30's asked to use the bathroom. People ...
Murray Police charge local man with Glendale Church burglary
A Murray man who was arrested on Tuesday after a suspicious person call has now been charged with a burglary.
On Tuesday, officers with the Murray Police Department responded to a report of a suspicious person at Glendale Place at 11:19 p.m. A man who was later identified as Cortez Beckman, ...
Assyrian Church keeps the faith after fire
TARZANA - They had survived a millennium of religious persecution and the exodus from the Middle East.
But on the first Sunday after a raging fire tore through the Tarzana sanctuary that many considered their second home, members of the San Fernando Valley's largest Assyrian church said they will do as ...
Police release church shooting 911
FUQUAY-VARINA (WTVD) -- Monday investigators released the dramatic 911 call from a woman who was allegedly killed by her former boyfriend before he shot himself in the parking lot of a Fuquay-Varina church.
Jammie Street was shot and killed moments after making a 911 call. Her boyfriend, Jerome Montgomery is charged ...
Homeless church thief ‘wanted to be caught’
A HOMELESS thief who ransacked churches and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage wanted to be caught, according to a Paddington vicar.
Eric McDougall, 51, who stole cash from collection plates and the belongings of parishioners, has failed to persuade top judges to cut his six-year sentence.
London's High Court heard ...
Jordan jails 12 ‘extremists’ for church attack
AMMAN, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Jordan sentenced 12 men to between 15 and 20 years in jail on Thursday for shooting at a group of musicians and desecrating a church, judicial sources said.
The men opened fire on a Lebanese choir after an outdoor performance in the downtown area of the ...
Former church secretary to enter change of plea
GREENCASTLE -- A former Greencastle church secretary charged with 12 felony counts related to thefts from the church will be in court Oct. 29 to enter a change of plea.
Melynda J. "Mindy" Fenwick, 37, of Greencastle was arrested Aug. 11 after discrepancies surfaced during an audit of the books at ...
Lawrence Cermak charged with stealing from a local Catholic Church
Lawrence J. Cermak was charged with one count of theft, which is a third degree felony and carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison for stealing approximately $330,000 from Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church.
Lawrence Cermak, 59, of Garfield Heights, was hired in July 2002 as a bookkeeper ...
Lakewood ‘habitual criminal’ convicted in church theft, sex assault
JEFFERSON COUNTY - A Jefferson County Jury has found a 45-year-old 'habitual criminal' guilty of a 2-day burglary crime spree that ended with the sexual assault of a church choir director.
Linwood Richard Halliburton was found guilty of second degree kidnapping, two counts of sexual assault - force, first degree burglary ...
Petach Tikvah Synagogue Desecrated
Worshippers at the Heichal Meir synagogue in Petach Tikvah were shocked to find the synagogue vandalized and desecrated when they arrived for services on Shabbat morning. Overnight Friday, windows were broken, anti-Semitic graffiti was sprayed on walls, the central prayer bima platform was hacked to pieces, prayer books were ripped ...